Books Events in Manchester

Check out happening books events all around Manchester, EN

An Evening with Beth O'Leary at Waterstones Deansgate

 Sat, 11 Apr at 06:00 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

An Evening with Veronica Roth at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 14 Jul at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 24

Antony Beevor: Rasputin. An evening at St Ann's Church, Manchester

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Saint Ann's Church GBP 0 to 32

Meet Joe Abercrombie at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 07 May at 12:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 11

Just a Girl From North Manchester Book Launch & Live Performance Evening

 Sun, 08 Mar at 06:30 pm The Yard Mcr

Meet Derek Landy at Waterstones Manchester Deansgate

 Fri, 17 Apr at 02:30 pm Waterstones GBP 17

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Repeat)

 Thu, 26 Feb at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Northern Publishers' Fair 2026

 Sat, 25 Apr at 11:00 am Manchester Central Library

Reclaiming the Internet: Sarah Wynn-Williams at Waterstones Deansgate

 Tue, 03 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Why Plato Matters Now

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:30 pm RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music) GBP 7 to 17

Reframing Blackness- Talk and Q&A with Alayo Akinkugbe

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:00 pm The Whitworth Free

International Women's Day x World Book Day

 Sat, 07 Mar at 11:00 am Pankhurst Centre GBP 0 to 6

Cargo Recording Studios - Author Q&A

 Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

From the Tigris to the Thames with Linda Dangoor

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:00 pm 190 Cheetham Hill Road, M88 Manchester, United Kingdom

FLESH: Charli Howard in conversation with Helen Mort

 Wed, 11 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

An evening with Kiran Millwood Hargrave at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 19

An evening with Melissa Auf der Maur at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 08 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 25

An Evening with Adrian Tchaikovsky at Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 01 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 27

Manchester Must Dance - Mike Pickering & Kevin Cummins

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm The John Rylands Research Institute and Library Free

Michael Stewart & Yvonne Battle-Felton in conversation

 Thu, 05 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 10

Mystery International Film Club!

 Mon, 09 Mar at 05:30 pm Manchester Central Library GBP 0 to 6

The Manchester Record Fair

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am The Britannia Hotel Manchester

An Evening with Benjamin Wood at Waterstones Deansgate

 Thu, 02 Apr at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

Charlotte Carpenter - Manchester

Thu, 23 Apr at 06:30 pm Eagle Inn

WHITE RIVER CROSSING: Ian McGuire in conversation

 Tue, 03 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

Anxiety in the Modern World with Joshua Fletcher - Waterstones Deansgate

 Wed, 13 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 22

An Evening with David Szalay at Waterstones ManchesterDeansgate

 Wed, 25 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 12

An Evening with Venetia Constantine - Manchester, Deansgate

 Wed, 04 Mar at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 21

Charles Dickens and his Manchester Connections

 Sat, 07 Mar at 05:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 12

Creative Collage Workshop

 Sun, 01 Mar at 04:00 pm Nell's NQ GBP 17

Haunted Book Club Live: The Old Nurse's Tale

 Thu, 14 May at 06:30 pm The Portico Library GBP 12 to 17

RABBITBOX - Wayne Holloway-Smith in conversation with Andrew McMillan

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 13

FINDING ALBION: Zakia Sewell in conversation

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 25

SUPER NINTENDO: Keza MacDonald in conversation

 Mon, 02 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 18

Dan Hicks: Monuments Will Fall

 Wed, 06 May at 06:00 pm The Manchester Museum GBP 0 to 5

One City, Many Stories

 Thu, 07 May at 06:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

Remembering the past, fighting for the future

 Thu, 07 May at 05:30 pm People's History Museum Free

Board Games Café - Launch Event

 Wed, 25 Mar at 05:00 pm Manchester Central Library Free

The Creatives Book Club - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (time option b)

 Sat, 28 Feb at 02:00 pm Ditto Coffee GBP 6

LEAN CAT, SAVAGE CAT: Lauren J. Joseph in conversation

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 17

The High-Performance Parent: Balancing Professional Life & Family

 Wed, 04 Mar at 05:30 pm House of Books & Friends Free

PHOENIX RISING BOOK LAUNCH

 Sat, 07 Mar at 12:00 pm Maldron Hotel GBP 3 to 17

Hidden in Print: Women in the Portico Tour

 Thu, 12 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 9

Scripted Social - Monthly Play Reading Group (Road)

 Sat, 28 Feb at 10:00 am 53two Studio GBP 25

Dungeon Crawler Carl

 Mon, 16 Mar at 07:30 pm HOME Manchester

Creative Collage Workshop

 Sun, 22 Mar at 12:00 pm House of Social Manchester GBP 17

LATE HEANEY: Nicholas Allen in conversation with John McAuliffe

 Fri, 06 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 18

Neil Rollinson & Jon Doyle in conversation with Luke Brown

 Tue, 24 Mar at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 18

Online Talk: Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell- A Friendship

 Wed, 29 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Brian Groom on These Isles - New Book

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

above/ground book launch featuring David Gaffney, Lydia Unsworth, Tom Jenks

 Thu, 26 Feb at 06:30 pm Saul Hay Gallery Free

Tales from Acorn Wood Live

 Fri, 03 Apr at 01:30 pm HOME Manchester

Livi Michael on her new book Elizabeth and Ruth

 Thu, 26 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library GBP 0 to 9

Online Reading Course – The Gothic – Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

 Wed, 13 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Public Opening: Everything and Nothing - what makes a 220 year old library?

 Thu, 19 Mar at 06:00 pm The Portico Library Free

What’s in a Name?

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Main Hall, Friends' Meeting House GBP 7 to 17

Queer feminists for peace: Queering Women, Peace & Security book launch

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm The Portico Library Free

INTERSEX: Iain Morland in conversation

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 22

Novelists

 Tue, 07 Apr at 07:00 pm Manchester Academy 3

Illuminating Knowledge: Exploring Arabic Scientific Manuscripts

 Sat, 04 Jul at 02:00 pm John Rylands Library Free

Book of Churches

 Sat, 25 Apr at 07:30 pm Castle Hotel

SOLACE HOUSE: Will Maclean in conversation

 Tue, 12 May at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 20

FINDERS, KEEPERS: Nicholas Royle in conversation

 Tue, 28 Apr at 06:30 pm Blackwell's Bookshop GBP 4 to 11

Finding William

 Tue, 17 Mar at 01:45 pm Manchester Central LIbrary GBP 0 to 5

Online Talk: North and South across the Atlantic – Elizabeth Gaskell’s Influence in America

 Wed, 15 Apr at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

Celebrating Caroline Aherne with David Scott - Waterstones Deansgate

 Mon, 25 May at 06:30 pm Waterstones GBP 0 to 20

THE ZINE CLUB

 Fri, 20 Feb at 12:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Apiary Book Club - How To Be Both by Ali Smith

 Sat, 14 Mar at 03:00 pm HOME Manchester Free

When Politics Meets Markets in China

 Tue, 26 May at 12:30 pm Manchester China Institute Free

Online Talk: ‘I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free’ – Emily and Anne Brontë

 Wed, 06 May at 07:00 pm Elizabeth Gaskell's House, 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester

READING AND WRITING CLUB

 Wed, 12 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

THE MYTHIC NEXUS

 Wed, 05 Feb at 06:00 pm Altogether Otherwise Free

Venezuelan Revolution - Book Launch and Documentary Viewing

 Mon, 09 Mar at 07:00 pm The Salutation

Manchester Angel Meadow guided walking tour with author Dean Kirby

 Fri, 20 Mar at 02:00 pm Sadler's Yard GBP 22